Browsing Tag
Protest
11 posts
Convoy protest class action lawsuit adds to list of defendants, expands roster of included residents
A Superior Court justice also ordered plaintiffs to serve the amended statement on defendants within 90 days Published Mar 15, 2023 • Last updated Mar 15, 2023 • 2 minute read Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ said that the area covered by a proposed class-action suit against organizers of the convoy protest has expanded. Photo by
March 15, 2023
Iraqis Protest After Father Kills YouTuber Daughter
Iraqi activists protested Sunday to demand a law against domestic violence, days after a YouTuber was strangled by her father in a killing that has outraged the conservative country. Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniyah, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter on
February 5, 2023
Protest Is Risky at Egypt’s COP27. That Won’t Stop Activists
And on Tuesday evening, at a packed and boisterous COP27 side event organized by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International at the German Climate Pavilion, el-Fattah’s sister Sanaa Seif—an activist previously imprisoned for protesting a law that bans unauthorized demonstrations—gave a moving speech, quoting her brother. “We need to reclaim the arena of local action
November 10, 2022
Protest forces Libya’s national oil firm to close Al-Fil field
National Oil Corporation forced to halt production after unidentified protesters entered Al-Fil oil field.Published On 17 Apr 202217 Apr 2022Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced the suspension of production at a major oil field in the country’s south, declaring a “force majeure” due to a protest at the site. Located some 750km (466 miles)…
April 17, 2022
Mathematicians Protest Russia Hosting Major Conference
As Ukrainian researchers have feared for their lives and careers after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mathematicians have been grappling over what to do about a prominent mathematical conference that was set to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in July. The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is “the largest and most significant conference on pure and…
March 3, 2022
Racist Protest ‘Threatened’ Patient Care, Massachusetts Medical Society Says
The Massachusetts Medical Society said it was "angered" over the recent neo-Nazi protest outside Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston that targeted two doctors whose work focuses on health equity. "Not only was the demonstration built on a false narrative and dangerous misinformation, but the act also threatened to interfere with delivery of health care,…
February 11, 2022
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital."(This) reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations…
Over 70,000 protest COVID-19 rules in Germany
More than 70,000 people in Germany hit the streets late Monday to protest a potential COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Deutsche Welle reports that police intervened in protests in Rostock and Bautzen, though many of the protests were peaceful. Demonstrators turned out across the country, including in Bavaria and Berlin. Protesters held banners that expressed opposition to…
January 18, 2022
Protest in Tuzi over the murder of a girl
Društvo [ I. P. ] U PODNE U Tuzima će danas u podne biti organizovan mirni protest građana povodom ubistva 19-ogodišnje Š.B. Protest organizuju NVO Pokret za razvoj Tuzi i Centar za ženska prava. Organizatori traže hitno pokretanje istrage o slučaju mlade žene, koja je policiji prijavljivala nasilje. Kako su najavili, protest će se održati…
October 3, 2021
Protest in Tuzi on the occasion of the murder of Sheila Bakija
Pobjeda Žao nam je ali naš sajt zahtijeva omogućen JavaScript u Vašem internet pregledaču. Omogućite podršku u panelu sa podešavanjima.Hvala, Pobjeda. We are sorry, but our website requires enabled JavaScript in your browser. Please enable JavaScript support in your browwser preferences.Thank you, Pobjeda.
October 2, 2021